Bad Tom Smith Brewing to open in Ohio City

Written on April 7, 2017

Ohio City’s brewery population will increase this spring, with the addition of Bad Tom Smith Brewing‘s taproom.

The Cincinnati-based brewery – whose slogan is “bad ass in a glass” – aims to open at 1836 W. 25th Street, caddy-corner from Nano Brew and near Old Angle Tavern. It is renovating the 2,220-square-foot space that formerly held Weenie A Go Go. The owners are hoping to open by Memorial Day.

It will be Bad Tom Smith’s first taproom outside of Cincinnati.

“We’re real excited,” said managing partner John Vojtush, co-owner with his fiancee Sheryl Gittins. “Our strategy is a little different from the majority of the marketplace. A lot of the market focuses on distributing through cans and bottles. Our focus is to find markets that are well-established. And Ohio City is a mature market.”

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